I Am Expat
11 January 2023, By Emily Proctor
A Swiss company has alarmed Taiwanese citizens by sending devices used to operate Taiwan’s anti-ship missiles to China for repairs. China has recently stepped up hostilities towards Taiwan under the leadership of Chinese President Xi Jinping, despite the two countries having a tacit ceasefire since 1979.
Swiss firm Leica Geosystems shipped Taiwanese devices to China
While the missiles themselves were designed by Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, some of the specialised components used to operate the weapons are designed by companies abroad. Taiwan purchased some of these components, specifically theodolites (instruments that are used to measure angles both horizontally and vertically to help guide the missiles correctly) from a company based in Switzerland.